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THBChimu / Chancay Textile & Copper-Silver Mask Features
Lot 16d
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, much more. All items have been legally acquired and are legal to sell. Convenient in-house shipping. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. A cabesa falsa (false head) cotton woven textile case, adorned with a front mask depicting an abstract visage. Please note that while the textile is ancient as are the copper-silver alloy elements, these may have been joined in modern times. From top to bottom: a textile headband woven with a bird motif in hues of golden ochre, rose, and chocolate brown further adorned by a copper-silver dumbbell shaped ornament; next, two large copper-silver eyes with irises of deep brown woolen yarn, between the eyes a conical copper-silver nose filled with the same brown yarn, a mouth of the same materials with openwork diamond shaped teeth, and finally a pectoral, cheek panels, or possibly false beard comprised of two diagonally placed bands of hammered copper-silver with a circular copper-silver pendant framing a three-dimensional owl or bat visage woven from vibrant yellow, pink, brown, and cream camelid yarns. Metal quality: dumbbell ornament - 68% copper, 28% silver; eyes & nose: 55-62% copper, 30-44% silver; cheek panels: 55% copper, 44% silver; chin panel/owl frame - 69% copper, 27% silver. Size: 17" W x 25.25" H (43.2 cm x 64.1 cm)
The Chancay peoples fervently believed that the earthly world and that of the afterlife were inextricably linked. Because of this, the deceased were carefully prepared for their journey beyond. Mummy bundles like this example would have been filled with reeds and offerings for the deceased.
Provenance: ex-Boston, Massachusetts, USA collection acquired before 1975
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#161683Hammered copper-silver elements show varying degrees of age wear with green and russet patina. Textile in overall very good condition with areas of expected minor discoloration and fraying.Condition
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